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Superchargers in Ireland, Romania and Hungary open to non-Tesla EVs

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Tesla has opened select Superchargers to non-Tesla electric vehicles (EVs) in Ireland, Romania and Hungary, as announced earlier this month. A couple of weeks ago, the Tesla Charging account on X posted the news, saying that select Superchargers in each of the countries were opening to non-Tesla EVs. What are your thoughts?

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Ford to invest £230M to transform UK Halewood transmission operations to build EV power units

Green Car Congress

Ford announced that it intends to invest up to £230 million (US$316 million) at its Halewood vehicle transmission facility to transform it to build electric power units for future Ford all-electric passenger and commercial vehicles sold in Europe. Production capacity is planned to be around 250,000 units a year. billion (US$3.4

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Ford will unveil its all-electric Puma Gen-E later this year

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The UK’s best-selling car is going electric. Ford said it will reveal the all-electric Puma Gen-E later this year as it expands its European EV lineup. After unveiling the new Puma on Wednesday, Ford said that the all-electric Gen-E model will be revealed later this year.

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Ford investing £150M in Halewood plant to scale up EV portfolio

Green Car Congress

Building on its commitment to grow an all-electric vehicle range, Ford has invested a further £125 million in its Halewood Plant, on Merseyside in the UK—increasing capacity by 70%—plus £24 million in the supporting E:PRiME product development center. billion (US$2.6 billion) annually.

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Tesla launches its 2nd-cheapest, longest-range Model Y in select European countries

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Tesla has launched a new variant of the its best-selling vehicle, the Model Y, to select European countries. The new Model Y variant currently stands as the second most-affordable and longest range variant of the all-electric crossover. Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips.

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Non-Tesla EVs to get free first Supercharging session in 18 countries

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Tesla is offering a free first Supercharging session to non-Tesla electric vehicles (EVs) over the next week, as announced by the company over the weekend. Tesla first launched a pilot program for other EV brands to use its Superchargers in 2021, starting with select locations in the Netherlands.

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Ford backtracks on BEV commitments in Europe and may sell ICE models beyond 2030

Baua Electric

Originally, the European arm of Ford Motor Company said it would only sell battery-electric models by 2030, but that commitment could soon change. That location will be home to the production of the all-electric Ford Explorer this summer, as well as a second all-electric model based on Volkswagen’s MEB architecture.

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